The How, Where and Why of winter tramping

May 2011

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May 2011

Winter with its civilized sunrises and dusting of snow can make the most unlikely scenes strikingly beautiful. Photo: Mark Banham
Mark Banham shows how to make the most of tramping in winter Trampers have a bit of a tendency to behave like the grizzly bears in those old David Attenborough documentaries: through the final days of autumn they gorge themselves, building up a thick layer of fat for the ‘hard times’ ahead. Then, as the […]
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